you are worse off for the wasted time and effort
– user177800May 26 '15 at 22:59

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@JarrodRoberson: But if you're really lucky, the user may have learned from your example so the chances of the next question being closer to good are at least infinitesimally higher. :)
– abarnertMay 27 '15 at 4:02

@Matt Thank you for your reply, see the updated question. It looks like I lost the point gained through editing and got -2 extra too..
– user4532337May 27 '15 at 4:23

In other words, don't bother to edit a question such as this or this. Or this. (Good news is, you seem to have a knack for finding bad questions. Now all you have to do is earn Vote To Close.)
– usr2564301May 26 '15 at 11:40

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.. and anyway, flagging for closure and downvoting are already available options.
– DeduplicatorMay 26 '15 at 11:54

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I'll make these edits anyways if its a new user and I think the edit shows them how to improve their future posts. A lot of times the entire post is later removed, but that is a risk of editing from the first posts queue.
– trooperMay 26 '15 at 18:16

It looks like I lost the point gained through editing and got -2 extra too..
– user4532337May 27 '15 at 4:23

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@RapunzelEugene - The +2 for the edits for the posts removed was awarded many days ago. The +2 shown in your post are for more recent unremoved edits. As Matt explained, each -2 is preceded by an earlier +2.
– Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩May 27 '15 at 7:46